Knife



Dec. 30, 1941. A PAOLANTONlO 2,268,058

KNIFE Filed oct. 27, 1938 A TTORNEYS` Patented Dec. 30, 1941 KNIFEAntonio Paolantonio, Johnston, R. I., assignor to Colonial KnifeCompany, Inc., a corporation of Rhode Island Application October 27,1938, Serial No. 237,259

6 Claims.

This invention relates to a knife, more particularly to the handle of aknife, and has for one of its objects to provide aknife of the usualappearance which may be of some simple construction and thus a knifewhich is inexpensive to manufacture although providing all of thestrength necessary.

A more specic object of the invention is to provide a cover and bolstersas a single unit for a handle of the knife whereby these may beassembled in a simple operation and attached as a unit as distinguishedfrom attaching each of these individually to the skeleton of the knifewhich has heretofore been done where such parts are provided.

Another object of the invention is to provide a knife of lighter weightwhile maintaining the same size and strength of the knife.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, as willbe more fully described, andparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the knife constructed in accordance withthis invention;

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the handle `alone of the knife beforeassembled on the skeleton knife;

Fig. 3 is a View looking at the opposite side of Fig.` 2;

Fig. 4 is a section on line 4-4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a section on substantially line 5-5 of Fig. 3, showing afragmentary part of the structure;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view illustrating one unitary part of thehandle;

Fig. 7 is a bottom plan view of the cover part alone;

Fig. 8 is a section on line 8`8 of Fig. '7;

Fig. 9 is an end View indicated at 9--9 adjacent Fig. 7;

Fig. l0 is a central section on substantially line III--III of Fig. 3; g

Fig. 1l is a central sectional view illustrating a step in the assemblyof the cover and bolsters; and.

Fig. 12 illustrates a skeleton of the knife before the handle isassembled therewith.

In the usual formation of pocket knives, bolsters are attachedseparately at each side and at each end of the knife and a cover isattached between the bolsters on either side of the knife, making anassembly of six separate pieces each of which is riveted to the skeletonof the knife. The bolsters are usually of solid construction and insteadof providing these six separate pieces for assembly on the knife, I haveformed a cover so shaped that it may be interlocked with bolsters at itsends which may be struck up from sheet stock and connected together sothat by a simple operation I may assemble the bolsters and cover as asingle unit and then thereafter attach them to the skeleton of theknife. It is new to have a cover and bolsters assembled prior toattachment to the knife to form the handle and by this arrangement I amenabled to obtain in a simple manner the desired contrasting andpleasing appearance of a handle having the desired Cover portion ofselected color and a metal bolster at each end; and the following is amore detailed description of the present embodiment of this invention,illustrating the preferred means `by' which these advantageous resultsmay be accomplished:

With reference to the drawing, I have provided a cover I5 shown in Figs.7, 8 and 9 which has a periphery I6 of a shape to conform to the outlineofthe knife with which it is to be assembled and has an outer surfaceI'I shown more clearly in the section Fig. 8 which is generallycurvilinear with rounded edge portions I8 so as to conform and t nicelyin the hand when in use, which is in conformity with the usual practicein forming a cover for a knife. However, this cover is recessedlongitudinally as at I9 and is also provided with fingers 20-20 and2I-2I at either end and while the structure may be formed in variousmanners, I prefer to mold the cover of this construction.

The other part of the handle is designated generally 22 and is shown inperspective in Fig. 6; it consists of bolsters 23 and 24 which arestamped up out of sheet stock having curvilinear outer surfaces 25 and26 and hollow within as at 2l and 28 such as shown more clearly in Fig.10, these bolsters being connected by a strip 29 offset, as at 30 and3|, at its point of connection with the bolsters 23 and 24, the offsetbeing in an amount substantially the thicknessv of the stock at 32 (seeFig. 8) so that when the cover member I5 and the bolster unit areassembled by the strip of material 29 being located within the recessI9, the-edges 33 and 34 of the bolsters will come flush with the surfaceI1 of the cover at the end portions thereof, while the lingers 2-20 and2I--2I which are located below the outer surface I'I of the cover willextend into the hollow 21 and 28 at either side of the strip 29 so as tolock the cover member and bolster member together. This assembly may beperformed by a bending operation of the cover member I5 which willreadily reform itself by its own inherent resiliency into desired shapefor the assembly of the parts with the strip 29 in the recess |9 asshown in Fig. 10.

After this cover and bolster member are assembled as a single unit theymay be applied to the skeleton form of knife 35 as illustrated in Fig.12 by any convenient manner of attachment such as, for instance, byriveting or by rollingvedge portions of bolsters over the scale orlining of the skeleton formation or by other desired attaching meanswhichrnay be in usual use.

The foregoing description is directed lsolely towards the constructionillustrated but Idesire it to be understood that I reserve the privilegeof resorting to all the mechanical changes tb which the device issusceptible, the invention being defined and limited only by the termsof the appended claims. i

I claim:

l. Ina knife, a handle comprising a resilient bendable cover memberhaving a, longitudinal recess in and co-extensive with its inn-,erIsurface,

and a single piece of sheet metall comprising a narrow strip portion insaid recess and with` bolsters located at each end of said cover memberformed integral with and connected together by said metal strip,I andmeans at each end of said cover for engaging beneath the walls of said`bolsters to secure said cover member and bolsters together.

2. In a knife, a handle comprising a resilient, bendable non-metalliccover member, hollow metal bolsters at each end of the cover, a strip ofmetal of narrower width thanV the, width of the bolsters extendingbetween and integrally connecting them together, and ngers on said coverextending vwithin said bolsters to secure and lock the cover and bolstertogether as a.-

single unit. 4

3. In a knife, a handle comprising a resilient, bendable non-metalliccover member having a longitudinal recess in and co-extensive with .itsinner surface, a `single piece of metal comprising a narrow strippor-tion in said recess and with integral hollow holsters located ateach end of said strip` member, and spaced lingers on the ends of saidcover extending within and over the inner surface of each bolster tosecure ,and lock said metal bolster and cover together.

size to receive the bolsters connectingstrip, and

bending said so-formed scale longitudinally suciently to insert theextensions thereon within said bolster to secure said scale and bolstertogether, said scale being formed of a material which has resilient andbendable properties which will after bending and releasing the scalereadily reform itself so that the scale will return substantially intoits initial plane.

5. The method of manufacturing the outer covering of a knife handlewhich consists of forming hollow holsters with a longitudinal narrowconnecting strip, molding a scale, of a material which when set will'have resilient properties to permit the4 scale madeI thereof to be bentin a longitudinal direction and reformable to return itself intosubstantially its initial plane, with an extension on each end thereofof a size to be received within the bolsters, andv bending said soformedscale longitudinally sufciently to insert said extension within thebolster to secure the said bol-ster and scale together.

6. The method of manufacturing the outer covering of a knife handlewhichconsists of form-v ing hollow bolsters with a narrow connectingstrip, forming a scale from a material which has resilient propertieswhich will permitv substantial bending of the scale formed thereof andreformable to permit the scale afterthe binding and release thereof toreturn into substantially its initial plane, forming this scale of adimension substantially equal to the space between the bolsters and witheach end of said scale with an `extension thereon spaced apart adistance equal to the said connecting strip and with the extensions of asize to be received within the bolster one on each side of saidconnecting strip and bending said so-formed scale longitudinallysuiiiciently to insert the extension within said bolster to secure thesaid scale and bolster together.

ANTONIO- PAOLANTONILO.

